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List-Decodable Regression via Expander Sketching

Machine Learning 2025-12-01 v1 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

We introduce an expander-sketching framework for list-decodable linear regression that achieves sample complexity O~((d+log(1/δ))/α)\tilde{O}((d+\log(1/\delta))/\alpha), list size O(1/α)O(1/\alpha), and near input-sparsity running time O~(nnz(X)+d3/α)\tilde{O}(\mathrm{nnz}(X)+d^{3}/\alpha) under standard sub-Gaussian assumptions. Our method uses lossless expanders to synthesize lightly contaminated batches, enabling robust aggregation and a short spectral filtering stage that matches the best known efficient guarantees while avoiding SoS machinery and explicit batch structure.

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@article{arxiv.2511.22524,
  title  = {List-Decodable Regression via Expander Sketching},
  author = {Herbod Pourali and Sajjad Hashemian and Ebrahim Ardeshir-Larijani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.22524},
  year   = {2025}
}
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